CCTV News: The reporter learned from the China Railway Group that starting from January 5, the national railway will implement new train operation maps. After adjusting the map, 230 passenger trains were added.

After the adjustment of the map, 38 EMU trains were added between provincial capital cities such as Shanghai to Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Fuzhou; 2 benchmark trains were added between Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway to Beijing South and Nanjing South Station, with a total operation time of three and a half hours. The Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway has added 16 EMU trains to Shanghai, Hangzhou to Changsha, Huaihua, Guiyang and other directions.

The daily cross-border EMU trains of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway have increased to 242 trains, and the first time of the EMU trains to start and end to the West Kowloon Station of Xi'an North, Wuhan, Jieyang to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station. The round-trip travel time of the high-speed railway cylindrical trains between Beijing West Kowloon to Hong Kong West Kowloon was reduced by 33 minutes and 59 minutes respectively, helping cross-border personnel exchanges.

The first ordinary train to start in Xiamen, Fujian, and the first "Hulk" EMU in Beijing was launched.

Hong Kong West Kowloon Station has added multiple cross-border trains to and from the mainland

After the railway adjustment, the high-speed rail direct mainland station of Hong Kong West Kowloon Station has been expanded again, and the number of direct stations has increased from the original 80 to 94. Let’s see the report sent back by the reporter from the scene on the morning of January 5.

The reporter came to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and saw the first G826 train from Hong Kong West Kowloon Station to Xi'an North. Starting from January 5, Hong Kong West Kowloon Station has added trains directly to Wuhan, Xi'an, Jieyang, Shanwei and other directions for the first time, and the new stations passed by are rich in tourism resources. Hong Kong citizens can have a deeper understanding of the cultural style of major cities in the motherland. Residents of these cities can also be exempted from transit and direct access to Hong Kong, providing new opportunities for business exchanges, cultural exchanges and tourism development between the two places.

This time the map adjustment, the number of trains entering Hong Kong has further increased, and the daily arrangement of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway has increased to 242 cross-border EMU trains. Under the full map, the total number of trains has reached 254.

Qian Binbin, deputy captain of the fifth team on duty at the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station of Shenzhen Border Inspection General Station, said that as many cities in the mainland continue to increase cross-border trains directly to Hong Kong, with the support of the convenient customs clearance model of "one place and two inspections", new visa-free policies, and new convenient measures, passenger flow at the West Kowloon Station port continues to rise. In 2024, nearly 27 million people were inspected, with a maximum of 128,000 passenger flow per day, and over 100,000 passenger flow during holidays has become a daily routine.